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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

