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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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...

