The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Twin Cities Area
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
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...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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