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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

