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Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
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...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown