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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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