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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
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...
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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