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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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