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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston