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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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