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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...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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