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...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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