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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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