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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue 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...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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