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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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