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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

