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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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