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...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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