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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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