We got these photos of Tonset Lutheran Church, near Lignite, from Dave Ramsey, who says:
Found this church near Lignite, ND. Open the door and walk on in. Sign a guest register and look around. The place was dusty and covered with dead flies. Other than that it looked you could hold a service there tomorrow. The cemetery was just as cool. So much history.
The bell tower was struck by lightning in 2002 and it took a heroic effort on the part of local residents, and the Tonset Lutheran Church Historical Society, to rebuild the steeple.
Regular services ended in 1968.
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Tonset Lutheran Church is named for Tynset, Norway.
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Photos by Dave Ramsey. Original content copyright Sonic Tremor Media
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Ghosts of North Dakota 
Beautiful church, still in nice condition.
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Wonderful pictures! I remember attending Christmas Eve services there with my family – Chet and Marie Masters and my sister Jean. I also remember the songs and as a young child, looking forward to the apples and the bags of peanuts – with a few hard candies and one chocolate drop (which we always gave to Dad) that were handed out to everyone as we left services. Thank you for the memories
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My father in law speaks of those bags of apples and hard candies. He even handed some out at a Christmas party a few years ago. How fun to read these comments.
Happy 100th Birthday to Tonset Lutheran this year!
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My WONDERFUL Aunt Signe at the organ!
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Thank you very much. My name is Lidvin Kjerengtroen (Kjerengtrøen). I was born and raised in Tynset Norway and my wife and I are planning on visiting this historic church on Tuesday August 7th 2018
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Lidvin Kjerengtroen again, I now live in Bismarck
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Made a trip to see this beautiful church hoping I’d be able to see the inside. Sadly it was locked :(. It was cool either way
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