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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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