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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

