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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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