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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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