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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

