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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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