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...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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