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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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 The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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