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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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