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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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 Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown