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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown