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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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