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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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