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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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