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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

