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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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