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The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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