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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
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...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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