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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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