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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

