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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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