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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown