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Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

