The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Twin Cities Area
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown