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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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