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The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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