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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

