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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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