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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 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...

