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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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