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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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