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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

