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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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