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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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