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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

