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The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
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The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
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...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown