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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
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...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

