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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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