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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
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
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

