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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

