The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Twin Cities Area
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt 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...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

