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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

