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