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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

