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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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