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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

