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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

