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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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