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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

