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Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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