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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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