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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

