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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown