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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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