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Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown