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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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