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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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