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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
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...

