It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasnโt possible, but the...
Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
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...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

