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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
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...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown