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...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

