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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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