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...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

