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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

