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Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
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The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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