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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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