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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

