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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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