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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

