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Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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