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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

