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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
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