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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

