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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...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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