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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

