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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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