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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

