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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston