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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
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...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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