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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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