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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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