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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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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