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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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