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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor 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...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
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...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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