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