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