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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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