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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
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...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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