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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

