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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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