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