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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

