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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In 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