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