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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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