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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

