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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In 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