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...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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