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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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