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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
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...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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