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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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