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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

