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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

