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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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