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

