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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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