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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

