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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

