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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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