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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

