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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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