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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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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