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Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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