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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...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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