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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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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