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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...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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