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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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