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