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 the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

