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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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