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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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