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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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