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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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