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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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