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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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