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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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