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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
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
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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