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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

