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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

