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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although itโs difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

