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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

