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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations 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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown