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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston