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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
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...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

