The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Twin Cities Area
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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