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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

