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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

