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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
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...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
