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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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