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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

