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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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