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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

