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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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