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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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