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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

