Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Twin Cities Area
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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