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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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