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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

