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Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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