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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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