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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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