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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

