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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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