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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

