The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
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Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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