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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown