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Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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