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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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