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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...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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