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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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