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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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