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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

