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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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