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...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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