Twin Cities Area

Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka

June 14, 2022
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If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...

The Eight Days in May Protests

June 3, 2015
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For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...

Greater Minnesota

Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater

September 21, 2022
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On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

Dead Good Walks

Chester Township Cemetery

February 20, 2018
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For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...

Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan

January 9, 2020
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The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...

Who the heck was...

Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?

April 17, 2019
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Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...

Roadtrips

Punished Woman’s Lake

March 15, 2023
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I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia

October 19, 2022
1 min read

The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

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