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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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