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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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