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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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