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Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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