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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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