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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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