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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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