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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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