Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
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Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
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...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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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