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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion 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...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

