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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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