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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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