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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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