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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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