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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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