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Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown