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Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City