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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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