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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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