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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

