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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

