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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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