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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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