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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
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...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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