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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
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...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

