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Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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