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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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