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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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