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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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 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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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