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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...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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