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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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