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Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

