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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

