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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

