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Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
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Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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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