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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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