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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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