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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

