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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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