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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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