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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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