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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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