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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
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
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

