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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

