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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township 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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
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
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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