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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital 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