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The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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