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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

