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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

