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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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