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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

