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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

