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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

