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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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