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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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