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