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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
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...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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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
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
Old Brewery In Preston