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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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