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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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