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...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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