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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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