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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
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