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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

