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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
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...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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