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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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