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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown