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