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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

