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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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