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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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