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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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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