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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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