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