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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

