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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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