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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac 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 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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

