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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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