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The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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