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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

