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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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