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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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