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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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