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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
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...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston