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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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