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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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