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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

