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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

