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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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