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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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