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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul