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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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