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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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