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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
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Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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