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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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