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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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