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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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