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The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

