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’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital 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
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