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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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