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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...

