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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...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown