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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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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