The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Twin Cities Area
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
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...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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