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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston