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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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