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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

