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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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