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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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