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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

