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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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