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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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