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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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