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...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

