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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

