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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn 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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

