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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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