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