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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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