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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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