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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
Old Brewery In Preston