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...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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