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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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