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...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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