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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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