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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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