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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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