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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

