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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor 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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

