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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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