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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
