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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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