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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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