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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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