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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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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