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Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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