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