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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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