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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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