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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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