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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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