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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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