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The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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