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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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