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...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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