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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown