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Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
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...
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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