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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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