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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
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