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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown