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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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