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