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...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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