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
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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