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...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

