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