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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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