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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston