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Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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