A look inside Minneapolis’ “butterfly house”

Just beside the Mississippi River on a winding Minneapolis street sits 4736 Coffey Lane — a hidden house nestled in nature with a story to tell.

What you can’t see through the foliage is revealed in the blueprints: a butterfly-shaped home designed by a man who was trained by one of the greats.

That drew the attention of a Minneapolis kindergarten teacher and his wife, who loved gardening. The angular home went up in 1960.

Its Usonian mid-century style, with a focus on the nature that surrounds it, still turns heads today…

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