It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City