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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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