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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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