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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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