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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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