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...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In 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