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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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