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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown