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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...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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