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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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