The R.W. Lindholm Service Station (currently known as Best Service) in Cloquet, MN was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The concept of the design was intended to fit into Wright's larger Broadacre City project, a Utopian vision of a decentralized American landscape. This gas station remains the only one ever designed by Wright.

Constructed in 1956 (the same year as the Guggenheim Museum), the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 11, 1985. Today, it is on the market for sale.

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In 1949, Frieda and Henry J. Neils approached Frank Lloyd Wright about building a new home adjacent to their property overlooking Cedar Lake in Minneapolis. Henry Neils was a stone and architectural materials supplier, and insisted on marble walls in the interior and aluminum window frames (which was a departure from Wright's usual style).

The house was designed in Wright's later Usonian style, with a stated goal of "affordable, beautiful housing for a democratic America." Accordingly, the house is separated into "quiet" and "active" areas.

The property is currently privately owned by heirs to the Neils family.

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In June 1932, Nancy Willey sent a letter to Frank Lloyd Wright, asking him to provide the Willey family with a "creation of art" for a budget of about $8,000. Wright responded with a design he dubbed "Gardenwall." Built in 1934, the house originally had panoramic views of the Mississippi River (before the construction of I-94).

Constructed primary of red brick and cypress wood, the Willey House (as it is more commonly known) features a departure in the compartmentalized designs of Wright's earlier work. Mrs. Willey needed a clear view from the kitchen to the rest of the home to watch the children.

The house can be viewed as a bridge between Wright's earlier Prairie School work to his later Usonian styles.

The house is currently privately owned, and the views from the street are partially obstructed.

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