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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
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...
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...
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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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