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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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