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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

