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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
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...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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 Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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