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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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