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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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