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