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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

