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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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