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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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