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...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

