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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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