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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
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...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

