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Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston