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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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