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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

