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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

