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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...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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