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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

