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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

