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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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