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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
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 Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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