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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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