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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

