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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
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...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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