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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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