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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
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...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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