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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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