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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...

