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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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