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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

