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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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