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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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