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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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