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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

