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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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