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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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