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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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