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The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington 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...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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