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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

