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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

