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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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