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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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