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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 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...

