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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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