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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...

