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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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