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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

