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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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