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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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