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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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