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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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