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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

