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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

