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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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