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