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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...

