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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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