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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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