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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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