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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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