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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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