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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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