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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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