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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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