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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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