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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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