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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

