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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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