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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

