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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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