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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

