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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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