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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
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...

