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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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