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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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