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Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
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George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
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
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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