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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

