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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

