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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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