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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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