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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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