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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

