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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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