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