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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

