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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
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...
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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