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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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