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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

