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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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