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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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