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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

