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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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