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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown