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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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