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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
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...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

