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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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