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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown