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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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