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...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown