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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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