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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

