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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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