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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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