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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

