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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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