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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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