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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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