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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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