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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
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...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

