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...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

