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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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