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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

