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...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
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...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
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 The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

