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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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