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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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 Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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