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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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