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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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