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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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