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How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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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