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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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