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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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