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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston