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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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