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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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