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The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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