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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

