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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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