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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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