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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown