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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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