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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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