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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

