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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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