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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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