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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

