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 E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

