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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

