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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor 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
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