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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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