The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Twin Cities Area
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
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...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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