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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
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...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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