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Twin Cities Area
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston