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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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