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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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