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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

