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Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

