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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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