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