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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill 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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

