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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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