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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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