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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
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Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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