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