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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...

