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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
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...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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