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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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